Improvement in cans for nitro-glycerine



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PATENTED AUG l 1871 UNITED STATES PATENT IMPROVEMENT `IN CANS FORNITRO-GLVCERINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,577 dated August 1,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AcOB TAYLOR, of Petroleum Centre, in the county ofVen( ngo and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and lmproved(Jan for N itroGlycerine; and I do here by declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying draw` ing forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of my improvednitro-glycerine can, the outer case being shown in section. Fig. 2 is aplan or top View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This inven tion has for its object to produce a can whereinnitro-glycerine and other explosive compound or material may be safelytransported, and whence it can be conveniently removed for use. Theinvention consists in suspending` the can by elastic bands or springswithin an inclosin g-case or shell, the spring' being so regulated thatthe can will always be kept clear of the shell during the oscillationsand movements of handling and conveying'. The contact of the can withany hard substance is thus avoided, and explosion consequentlyprevented.

Ain the drawing represents a can, of cylindrical or other form, made ofsheet metal orequivalent material. By means of arms a. a, which projectfrom the upper and lower parts ofthe vends of the case.

can, are secured thereto rings b and c, of wire or other material. Theserings are larger in diameter than the can, as shown. B is a sheet-metalcase or shell, considerably larger than the can A. To its inner side issecured aseries of' hooks, d d, which are in two rows, one near thebottom and the other near the top of said vessel. These two rows arefurther apart from each other than the rings b and c. l) D are elasticstraps of rubber or equivalent material, itted around the rings b c, andpnt over the hooks l in such manner that they will thus hold the can Asuspended within the shellB. The row of hooks being further apart fromone another than the rings b c, the straps are stretched and hold thecanbalanced between the top and bottom of the case. The upper springscounterbalance the lower, and vice versa, so that the can will not beeasily thrown against the The latter has a removable cover, E, which istaken O when it is desired to reach the explosive contents of the can,which also has a cover cr stopper, e.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The nitro-glycerine can, balanced by two rows ofelastic straps Or springs within the case or shell B, substantially asherein shown and described. l y

JACOB TAYLOR. Witnesses:

J UDsoN WORDEN, IsAAc TAYLOR.

